Improvement in washing-machines



PETER YQ'UNG 8L NIH DOLL.

`improvementfin Washing IV/Ia-hilrnes. 119,070, Patented sep.. www,

` NITED STATE-s ATENT CFEIOE.

PETER YOUNG AND NOAH DOLL, OE ROBERTsviLLE, OHIO, AssiGNORs TO THEM- sELvEs, JOHNY RHODEs, AND FREDERICK J. s. wAeNER, OE sAME rLAoE.`

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification'` forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,070, dated September 19, 1871.

object is to obtain a quick and simple means of raising the rubber-frame or pressing it down to the concave roller-bed. Said invention consists in the construction of a rubber mounted on arms which are allowed to move up and down in holes in the rock-shaft of the rubber-frame, and which are forced down by one or more sets of togglelevers connected to the rock-shaft and the rubber, and operated by a cross-bar attached by links to their joints; said rubber and arms being elevated by springs acting between the arms and y rock-shaft, and the several parts being arranged so that the operator, on grasping the cross-bar by which he works the rubber, can also grasp the cross-bar which operates the pressure togglelevers, and, by drawing said bars together by the grasp of his hand, can apply such pressure to the rubber as `may be desired.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a plan of a washing-wachine embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, one side of the suds-box being broken away to'show the concave roller-bed and the rubber as it appears when pressed down. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the machine. M

A is the suds-box, of an ordinary form, which is usually supported on legs, as shown, and in i one end of which is secured a box-piece, D, to

which the clothes-wringer is conveniently attaohed, and in the other end of which is the overhanging board E,whicl1 prevents the suds from slopping -out at that end of the box and soiling the clothes of the operator. The framepieces BB are secured in the bottom of the box A, and between them are `journaled the rollers C C, which form the concave roller-bed. The uprights F Fare secured to the sides of the box A, and in suitable holes or slots near their upper ends are journaled the pivots h h of the rocky shaft G of the rubber-frame. The rubber-arms H H are made with round ends I Iwhich extend up through holes in the rock-shaft G, and have the spiral springs J J placed around them, said springs resting on the rock-shaft G and pressing against a pin or head in or on the upper ends of the parts I of the arms H. The cross-piece a connects the arms H H, and on their lowerends are mortised the cross-heads M for the rubber N,

which is suspended below said cross-heads by the slotted plates g g, which are secured on the arms H H and extend down into slots in the rubber N, where they are fastened by pins driven into the ends of said rubber through the slots in the plates g. The short spiral springs ff are placed at the sides of the rubber N and between it and the cross-heads M, thus allowing some elastic movement between the cross-heads M and rubber N, as well as a rocking movement of said rubber with respect to the said heads. The toggle-levers K L, of which there may be one set placed at the center of the rubber-frame, or two sets placed one at each side of the frame, or three sets .placed one at each side and one in the center of the frame, (the two sets, being preferred by us,) are united by a pivot-pin, d, and are attached by a staple, b, to the rock-shaft G, and by a pin or screw, e, to the cross-heads "M M. The links Q Q are attached to the pivot-pinsd el, and their other ends are united by a cross-bar, R, which is of suflicient length to rest on the bars O O, which have the cross-bar S attached to their ends, and which are attached to the cross-heads M M, their upper ends being braced by the braces P P attached to the arms H H.

The several parts are so arranged as to bring the cross-bars R and S within a short distance from each other, say from three to ve inches, when the arms H H are drawn up by the springs J J, so that both of said cross-bars may be readily grasped by the hands of the operator.

When the machine is not in use the springs J J keep the arms H H drawn up and the togglelevers K L at an angle with each other, thus raising the rubber N from the rollers C C, as shown in Fig. 3.

In working the machine, the operator grasps both the cross-bars S and 1t with his hands and draws the cross-bar R toward him by tightening his grasp on said bars,thereby straightening the to ggle-levers K L and forcing the rubber N down close to the rollers C C, as shown in Fig. 2.

It is evident that by loosening and tightening his grasp on the cross-bars the operator can change the pressure ofthe rubber on the clothes as may be desirable for different kinds and thicknesses of clothing, or for Working the clothes from one end of the box to the other and it is also seen that, owing to the powerful action of the togglelevers, but a small amount of strength is required to keep the cross-bars R and S drawn together.

What We claim as our invention, is-

1. The toggle-levers K L, in combination with the rock-sh aft G and rubber N, said rubber being hung on the sliding arms H H, and the several parts being arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The cross-bar R and links Q Q,in combina- J. SHINGLE. (117) 

